Liverpool Royal Institution

The Liverpool Royal Institution was a learned society set up in 1814 for "the Promotion of Literature, Science and the Arts".

The institute purchased a building on Colquitt Street where a lecture program was started.

It also included an art gallery which hosted John James Audubon's first European exhibition, in 1826.

A new building to host the gallery was built in 1841 and its director was William Swainson.

After the construction of the William Brown Library and Museum, and Walker Art Gallery the institute fell into decline, its collections were moved to the gallery and its archives moved to University College Liverpool.